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Helen Varley Jamieson

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Helen Varley Jamieson, is a Munich based digital media artist from New Zealand. Helen Varley Jamieson "is engaged in an ongoing exploration of the collision between theatre and the internet" [1] and since she has been working on the internet professionally. In the year 2000 Helen Varley Jamieson coined the term cyberformance.This term is a combination of two words, cyberspace and performance. Helen Varley Jamieson created this term because "came out of the need to find a word that avoided the polarisation of virtual and real, and the need for a new term (rather than 'online performance' or 'virtual theatre') for a new genre" [2] Cyberformance refers to a performance that happens on-line in real time; however, is not just limited to on-line space, it can incorporate physical space as well. For example, one of Helen Varley Jamieson's collaborations with Desktop Theater entitled Water(war)s was "a performance installation directed by Jill Greenhalgh; participation in 3 of the 8 events (Brisbane 2003, Belgrade 2002, Holstebro 2001) involving cyberformance, text, images, research and performance collaboration" [3].

Helen Varley Jamieson has been the project manager of the on-line performance platform Upstage since 2003 and is one of the founding members of the Avatar Body Collision troupe.

In 2008 Helen Varley Jamieson completed a MA (research) degree in Cyberformance from Queensland University of Technology entitled "Adventures in Cyberformance: experiments at the interface of theatre and the internet" [4] .

Desktop Theater

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Helen Varley Jamieson's early work in 2000 with Desktop Theater included "online performances in graphical chat rooms" [5] Her on stage collaboration with Desktop Theater was called Water(war)s.

Avatar Body Collision

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Helen Varley Jamieson is a founding member of the Avatar Body Collision troupe.The Colliders are a "globally distributed performance group who lives (mostly) in London, Helsinki, Aotearoa/New Zealand and cyberspace. " [6] The Colliders use a free to download chat software to rehearse and perform their work.


Recent CyPosium 12/10/2012 (Cyberformance symposium)

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Helen Varley Jamieson contributed to an online CyPosium on 12th October2012. In this CyPosium, "cyber­form­ers discussed their online per­for­mances with other artists, researchers and inter­ested par­tic­i­pants." [7]

Performance Work

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All of the details of Helen Varley Jamieson's performance work have been taken from her official website [8] "Helen Varley Jamieson: About". Helen Varley Jamieson: About. Retrieved 25/10/2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help) unless stated otherwise.

  • Mind Boggling (1982) - Playwright.
  • Death in Namibia (1987-88)- Deviser and Performer.
  • Reigning Tampons (1988)- Deviser and Performer
  • Coffee & Cake (1989)- Playwright.
  • The Benefits of Sex (1991)- Playwright.
  • Hersterix women's comedy group (1991-92)- Producer.
  • The Winter Wife (1992) - Director.
  • Women Like Us (1994)- Playwright.
  • Women Like Us (1994)- Producer.
  • The Debate (1994)- Director.
  • Risky/Risque (1995)- Playwright.
  • Risky/Risque (1995)- Producer.
  • Between (2001)- Playwright.
  • Water(war)s (2001, 2002 & 2003)- A Desktop Theater project.
  • The[abc]Experiment (2002)- Director.
  • The[abc]Experiment (2002)- Producer.
  • Phone Jam (2002) -Playwright.
  • swim - an exercise in remote intimacy (2002 &2003).[9]
  • 1001 Nights Cast (2005-2008).
  • Recipes for Life (2007)- In collaboration with Eva Ursprung & Schaumbad artists.
  • Women with Big Eyes (2007, 2008 & 2009) - Ongoing collaboration with the Magdelena Project.
  • a gesture through the flames (2008).
  • let ME go (2009)- In collaboration with Antonella Diana.
  • Recipes for 2010 (2010) - In collaboration with Eva Ursprung and Schaumbad artists.
  • Distant Presences 2010 - In collaboration with Ethernet Orchestra.
  • postajanje ženom (2010)- collaborative presentation for Rekonstrukcija Ženski fond.
  • Make-Shift (2010)- In collaboration with Paula Crutchlow; collaborator in Annie Abrahams's project Angry Women, 2011
  • Huis Clos/No Exit (2010) - Curated by Annie Abrahams.
  • Repository for Knowledge & Art (2012) - Curated by Dr. Cornelia Osswald-Hoffman.
  • Biennale For One (2012).

Current Collaborations

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List of Helen Varley Jamieson's current collaborations taken from Jamieson's official website. [10] "Helen Varley Jamieson: About". Helen Varley Jamieson: About. Retrieved 25/10/2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

  • We have a situation! (2012-13)- In collaboration with APO33, Furtherfield, MAD Emergent Art Centre and Schaumbad Freiesatelierhaus.
  • 121212 UpStage Festival of Cyberformance - live online performance(December 2012).
  • Make-Shift - In collaboration with Paula Crutchlow.
  • The Seven KimGs In collaboration with Gabriella Sacco and Teatro Lila.

References

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  1. ^ Avatar Body Collision "The ABC Experiment".http://www.avatarbodycollision.org/abc/. Retrieved 23/10/2012
  2. ^ McBrewster, John and Miller, Frederic and Vandome, Agnes "Cyberformance: UpStage, Digital theatre, Performance art, Internet-related prefixes : History and Context". Retrieved on 22-10-2012.
  3. ^ McBrewster, John and Miller, Frederic and Vandome, Agnes "Cyberformance: UpStage, Digital theatre, Performance art, Internet-related prefixes". Retrieved on 22-10-2012.
  4. ^ "Playmarket:Helen Varley Jamieson" http://www.playmarket.org.nz/playwrights/helen-varley-jamieson. Retrieved on 26-10-2012
  5. ^ Jamieson, Helen Varley. "What Did You Expect: Helen Varley Jamieson", http://www.creative-catalyst.com/did.html. Retrieved on 23-10-2012.
  6. ^ Avatar Body Collision Website. "Avatar Body Collision: About", Retrieved on 23-10-2-12.
  7. ^ CyPosium.net. "An Online Symposium on Cyberformance",2012. Retrieved on 23-10-2012.
  8. ^ Helen Varley Jamieson. "Helen Varley Jamieson: Collaborator" http://www.creative-catalyst.com/what.html.
  9. ^ Avatar Body Collision "Swim".http://www.avatarbodycollision.org/abc/. Retrieved 23/10/2012
  10. ^ Helen Varley Jamieson. "Helen Varley Jamieson: Collaborator" http://www.creative-catalyst.com/what.html.

Further Reading

  1. Jamieson, Helen Varley. "Real Time, Virtual Space, Live Theatre" - chapter in the ADA Digital Arts Reader, published 2008, Clouds Publishing
  2. Sant, T. "A Second Life for online performance: Understanding present developments through an historical context" - in the International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media, Volume 4 Number 1. Published 2008
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